Export, Import, LR2, LR3, Tutorials         No comments

My latest guest post is live on photofocus.com. Learn how to bring developed raw photos from Lightroom 2 into the Lightroom 3 beta for test driving.

 Before You Start, Develop Module, Export, Import, LR2, LR3, Library, Print, Resources, Slideshow, Tips, Tutorials, Web         No comments

Ever since writing Lightroom for Dummies I’ve had the idea to teach a class based on the most common topics people are asking about. Topics they are either not finding covered in books or seminars or are just not covered in a format that allows them to ask questions and learn while doing. To that end I am extremely pleased to have the opportunity to teach that exact course in an online format through the Perfect Picture School of Photography (PPSOP)!

 Before You Start, Develop Module, Import, LR2, Tips, Tutorials         No comments

I had the highest honor ever bestowed upon me since I started blogging about Lightroom. One of my biggest Photoshop/Lightroom heroes thought one of my blog posts was good enough to use as a starting point for his own blog! One more thing I can cross off my bucket list.

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Want to take your Lightroom experience to the next level? Sign up for my online Lightroomers Guide to Lightroom class. Thanks for visiting!I’m interested in hearing how other people use Lightroom’s Import Backup function. Care to vote and comment in my poll over at Lightroom Forums?

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Lightroom is built upon a database. Inside this database, commonly referred to as the catalog, is all the data about your photos. This includes all the metadata created by the camera at the time the photo is taken (shutter speed, f-stop, ISO, etc.) as well as all the data you …

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External drives and Lightroom go hand-in-hand.  I have a USB powered (so no extra power cord of its own) 250 GB drive (that is just a little larger than a deck of cards) and it travels with me everywhere. Back home I have several larger capacity external drives that are …

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If you are finding that imported images, or copies of images made after editing in Photoshop are mysteriously becoming overexposed automatically, then the first thing to check is to see if you are applying auto tone adjustments. Go to Edit > Preferences > Presets, and uncheck “Apply auto …

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The Windows version of the Adobe Photo Downloader (installed with Lightroom) is the culprit.
If the preference setting in Lightroom (Edit > Preferences > Import, uncheck “Show import dialog when a memory card is detected”) does not prevent the APD from loading during startup the only way to prevent the ADP …